'He thought his dreams had been brutally ripped away from him': 'High-flyer', 21, took his own life minutes after Deloitte sack him over Zoom

A high flyer who worked with a major London-based accountancy firm took his own life just minutes after being told he had been sacked over Zoom, an inquest heard.

Oliver Bredski, 21, was found by his sister in the loft of their family home in Kersal and had left a note reading: "I've been sacked."

He had logged onto his virtual performance review meeting via video call - then, shortly after, went upstairs in his parents' home before taking his own life.

Oliver, a former pupil at Manchester Grammar School, was found by his sister Rachel and was resuscitated by paramedics.

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However, he was left with severe brain injuries and was in a coma until his life support was switched off eleven months later.

An inquest heard Oliver's Zoom call with an executive at Deloitte lasted for only 14 minutes on August 25, 2020.

The call had ended at 11.17am, and he was found minutes later at 11.30am. He passed away on July 30 of last year.

After a coroner heard details of the the tragedy, Oliver's father Martin, 62, a company director, who who runs a retail firm said: "Lockdown was a struggle for Oli and it must have affected his work. The company took a Zoom call of maybe eleven minutes or so to consider the future of a 20 year old boy.

''Oliver passed away last July but the truth is that we really lost Oliver that terrible day in August 2020 when for a brief moment he mistakenly thought his dreams, his hopes and plans had been brutally ripped away from him."

The hearing in Rochdale was told Oliver had been hired as a BrightStart trainee business analyst with Deloitte based in London, in December 2019.

Oliver's bosses told